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tim back to the pentagon for a second. i read -- one other impact -- the harry s truman was headed for the persian gulf i believe, and still in -- >> still in dock. >> bill: right. >> this is a huge development, actually because it's an aircraft carrier, and usually in the persian gulf, the u.s. maintains two aircraft carrier groups. and we're talking about a strike force that supports a number of ships. and we're looking at a symbol of american power. you can't look further than to say the aircraft is the ability for the united states to send humanitarian aid send strike targets overseas, and it is stuck in the persian gulf. >> bill: so we're already seeing a lesson in military readiness, right? >> i think that is arguable. usually there are two out there. >> bill: so we're half prepared. all right. out of time but good stuff. tim mak come back and we'll talk more later. >> all right. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians lau
tim back to the pentagon for a second. i read -- one other impact -- the harry s truman was headed for the persian gulf i believe, and still in -- >> still in dock. >> bill: right. >> this is a huge development, actually because it's an aircraft carrier, and usually in the persian gulf, the u.s. maintains two aircraft carrier groups. and we're talking about a strike force that supports a number of ships. and we're looking at a symbol of american power. you can't look further...
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. $1.2 trillion in cuts, half of it in the pentagon. across-the-board cuts, right? indiscriminate cuts. >> absolutely. >> bill: if it had been $10 trillion, half in the pentagon and half in the programs, the tea parties would have still said bring it on. right? that's their attitude. >> it is entirely possible. this is a group like many throughout the history of congress campaigned against government. ran against the congress. but unlike most in history never found that they had to make the transformation into governing. at some point, you have to be for something. you have to govern. even if you're for decreasing the size of government, you have to find a responsible way to do it. this is not responsible in any way. it cuts the good with the bad the efficient with the inefficient. it is going to cost us more money. when we breach the contracts in defense. so it is not the least bit rational. those that are saying that well, this is not a big deal, it is a small amount. it is a big amount and when you compound the fact that it's taking place now not over full year b
. $1.2 trillion in cuts, half of it in the pentagon. across-the-board cuts, right? indiscriminate cuts. >> absolutely. >> bill: if it had been $10 trillion, half in the pentagon and half in the programs, the tea parties would have still said bring it on. right? that's their attitude. >> it is entirely possible. this is a group like many throughout the history of congress campaigned against government. ran against the congress. but unlike most in history never found that they...
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and if you just told the pentagon, okay. you have to get $46,000,000,000 out of your budget by september 30th, you figure it out. they would whine all the way to september 30th. you come up with a workable solution. but that's not the game they are playing. they are playing these across the board cuts. >> on a related question talking about budget and someone who has spoken out about the need to do some debt trimming of the budget let's say in the pentagon. chuck hagel, they are going to vote again next week. what is the feeling at the pentagon do they expect him to be the next defense secretary? >> oh, yeah. i think everybody anticipates him being the next secretary of defense. the issue there is is he a damaged secretary of defense? you have a guy who has got congressional experience, and my experience covering the pentagon all of these years is that political skills are the most important thing that a secretary of defense needs. >> really? >> yeah, because in the end, that's who gives you the money. >> that's whatley on p
and if you just told the pentagon, okay. you have to get $46,000,000,000 out of your budget by september 30th, you figure it out. they would whine all the way to september 30th. you come up with a workable solution. but that's not the game they are playing. they are playing these across the board cuts. >> on a related question talking about budget and someone who has spoken out about the need to do some debt trimming of the budget let's say in the pentagon. chuck hagel, they are going to...
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you can slash pentagon spending. but as long as you keep those white house tours going. you can keep our aircraft carrier, the harry s. truman in port. you can stop training new people to go to afghanistan to relieve soldiers there who deserve a break and to come home. and you can cut air-traffic controllers and border guards but whatever you do, don't stop the white house tours. >> philadelphia eagles quarterback michael vick who spent 18 months in prison for running a dogfighting ring is out with a new book but he won't be doing a book tour according to philadelphia magazine, vick has had to cancel signings for his autobiography called finally free at barnes & noble stores in philly and atlanta after he and the stores received multiple threats of violence and threats of property damage. he even getting death threats. >> bill: whoa. >> no book tour. >> bill: not behind him. >> you would think he would have had some redemption by now. put it behind him. >> bill: he served his time. he got another job. another position. >> he's certainly not a hero. but i think he would b
you can slash pentagon spending. but as long as you keep those white house tours going. you can keep our aircraft carrier, the harry s. truman in port. you can stop training new people to go to afghanistan to relieve soldiers there who deserve a break and to come home. and you can cut air-traffic controllers and border guards but whatever you do, don't stop the white house tours. >> philadelphia eagles quarterback michael vick who spent 18 months in prison for running a dogfighting ring...
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apparently brennan wants to put them under pentagon control. who knows if that is true but there are three things i was shocked the democrats didn't bring up. and it's three questions that every president obama ditto head has to respond to. i don't like criticizing this but let's be honestly about a couple of things. number 1, the word imminent how that no longer means imminent and it means we think you might do something 20s years from now and that makes you an imminent threat and we have to kill you with with no trial. no. 2 is militant. any male over the age of 16 whose near where one of these bombs goes off is counted as a militant whether they were or not. toe try to talk al-qaeda guys. >> that's how they keep the civilian death tolls low. it's a dirt dirty business. number 3, blowback, what no democrat asked about is every time we kill an america hater with one of these things we are creating untold numbers of new. so it's person pet y'all war. >> i would add a high informed -- highly placed. we don't know who that is. who is making this
apparently brennan wants to put them under pentagon control. who knows if that is true but there are three things i was shocked the democrats didn't bring up. and it's three questions that every president obama ditto head has to respond to. i don't like criticizing this but let's be honestly about a couple of things. number 1, the word imminent how that no longer means imminent and it means we think you might do something 20s years from now and that makes you an imminent threat and we have to...